Hxan (1922)

7.6

Documentary Horror History

105 min min

1922

Benjamin Christensen Ella La Cour Emmy Schønfeld Kate Fabian Oscar Stribolt

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.